Original Identified WWI US Army Ambulance Service Uniform & Field Gear Grouping MG 42 Accessories indicating approximate manufacture during April

indicating approximate manufacture during April 1944

The pistol is approximately 11 3/8" in overall length

The front of the jacket bears an embroidered insignia patch of the 327th Bomb Squadron

The inside of the cap is lined with gray blue rayon fabric

The Italian M16 is two-piece construction and features a welded on comb as opposed to riveted

Original Identified WWI US Army Ambulance Service Uniform & Field Gear Grouping MG 42 Accessories indicating approximate manufacture during AprilOriginal Item: Only One Available: Just as integral to victory as front line troops, ambulance companies & sections were the bloodlife of the American Expeditionary Force. Without the constant flow of wounded men back towards field & base hospitals provided by ambulance drivers, wound survival rates wouldve dropped far lower. This extensive uniform & field gear grouping is named to William G. Willen, Section 522, United States Army Ambulance Service.